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AUSTRALIA

The problem with taking politics out of climate change
- Jeff Sparrow
- 21 February 2020
The common-sense enthusiasm for depoliticising environmentalism — voiced most recently in relation to the bill proposed by the conservative independent Zali Steggall — pushes in entirely the wrong direction.
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CARTOON

All the mod cons
- Fiona Katauskas
- 04 February 2020
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ENVIRONMENT

The inequity of this silent killer
- Cristy Clark
- 26 November 2018
11 Comments
Airborne pollution is an issue of environmental justice, because it disproportionately affects those with the least capacity to move — the poor, the marginalised, and those, such as Indigenous peoples, with a significant relationship to place.
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AUSTRALIA

The Left is not immune to the patriarchy
- Celeste Liddle
- 23 November 2018
10 Comments
The Victorian state election is on this Saturday and if I’m being honest, I don’t think I could be less inspired about it if I tried. I want readers to understand just how much of a statement this is coming from me. I loathe our political system and most of our politicians but being an Aboriginal woman who works in the union movement and writes opinion, I am deeply invested in it all.
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ENVIRONMENT

Extinction Rebellion taking bold action
- Kate Galloway
- 21 November 2018
15 Comments
The movement is not secretive: it declares itself publicly, and openly. It announced in advance to police and emergency services: 'We are bold. We will not hide. We are all in open rebellion.'
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CARTOON

The visionary
- Fiona Katauskas
- 20 November 2018
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AUSTRALIA

Still a long way to go, period
- Yen-Rong Wong
- 16 November 2018
2 Comments
Uteruses, and in particular, periods, have long been used against menstruators — to malign, to marginalise, to make us feel lesser than. In ancient Greece, it was thought that the uterus (hysterika) was able to travel throughout the body, and that a wandering uterus was a sign of mental illness. The word hysteria has been used since then to minimise the severity of women’s mental health issues.
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CARTOON

Keeping the faith
- Fiona Katauskas
- 14 November 2018
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